The Career of Tom Barrasso
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- He played a long time, won two Cups and various hardware, but has yet to be named to the Hall of Fame.
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My favorite penguin! So glad you did this video! And yes, 90-91, he was backed up by Frankie P who saved that season against NJ with "the save!" as it is remembered.
Buffalo guy here...I remember in back to back drafts the Sabres took Phil Hously and Tom Barrasso, both American high school players. Both were awesome 😎🏒🥅🇺🇸
One of my favorite Mike Lange save calls was, "And Barrasso says NO!"
I have Tom’s autograph! His dad went to my dad (a retired neurologist) for treatment and a diagnosis. Sadly, it wasn’t a favorable diagnosis, but Tom was touched enough to give me an autograph as thanks.
My dad also saw John MacMullin as a patient. Lou was his chauffeur.
Care to give the world any more confidential details?
One of the most underrated tenders of all time.
Roberto Luongo is more underrated
one of my all time favorites. Been hoping Shannon would make a video on Barrasso for some time. Great work, thank you for covering a seemingly forgotten solid goaltender
It amazes me that hes so good and has a storied career, yet hes so often remembered by fans as a.... cantankerous individual to say the least. Being 18 and winning the Calder is one thing, the Calder AND Vezina blows my mind.
He should be in the Hall of Fame deserves it
I was not old enough to see him play in Buffalo, but him playing in the NHL right after high school is very impressive.
Part of why the Sabres gave up on him was that he actually had the reputation as a playoff choker earlier in his career (and somewhat rightfully so) until reversing that with Pittsburgh in the early 90's.
Barrasso was one of the goalies I followed as a teen and young adult. Definitely believe he belongs in the HHF as well as deserving his place in the USHoF.
Yes agreed
Many stories out there about how he wasn't the most fan friendly person, but on the other hand his way of dealing with journalist scumbags should only be applauded.
Forgot he played for such a long time. Lefty goalie are always were interesting.
Legit goalie.
Tom Barrasso is from my hometown, Acton, Massachusetts. He and Bob Sweeney are the giants of Acton-Boxborough Colonials hockey!
Gretzky, Jagr, Ovechkin, Bourque & Barasso. The all-time leading point getters at their respectice positions.
I went a little further 😀
The all-time leading point getters at their respective positions, *and* their respective handedness.
Centers:
Lefty - Wayne Gretzky
Righty - Marcel Dionne
Right Wingers:
Lefty - Jaromir Jagr
Righty - Gordie Howe (amazing that it's been 43 years since he retired and no righty right winger has equalled or passed him yet)
Left Wingers:
Lefty - Luc Robitaille
Righty - Alex Ovechkin
Defensemen:
Lefty - Ray Bourque
Righty - Al MacInnis
Goalies:
Lefty - Martin Brodeur
Righty - Tom Barrasso
Best Pens jersey, and one of the best NHL jerseys of all-time, fron a Caps fan
I have read somewhere that Barrasso is sometimes difficult guy of the ice but i dont know is that true!. Shannon you should do "great season without cup" video about that pittsburgh 1992/93 team!!
@@matthewdaley746 And what your point? A lot of coaches would take those 4 years. Out of 30 possible Cups he coach 9 champions in 30 years he only had 1.5 seasons below
.500. His teams went to the playoffs 28 out 30. In not a fan of any of the teams he coached but trying imply that he is not best coach of all time. Just be quiet
I hope that Barrasso gets in the Hall of Fame soon.
I agree
Well, as of June 21 2023, Today, Tom Barrasso is officially a Hall Of Famer!
Should be in the HHOF, thanks for the video!
Yes
Update 6/21/23: Welcome to the HOF Tom Barrasso!
One of my favorites as a kid.
Another Barrasso-Hasek connection was game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals in 92. Eddie Belfour was pulled early by Mike Keenan and Hasek was put into the game and he played pretty well for the rest of it. Future vs. past Buffalo goalies. I believe Buffalo took Barrasso with a draft pick they got from the LA Kings in the Rick Martin trade, and Martin ended up playing about 5 games for the Kings before he had to retire. A couple of years before that, the Kings traded the pick to Boston that became Ray Bourque. Which is why it took them almost 50 years to win their first cup.
Right out of high school..that is insane! One thing about Barrasso too..he was a really good puck handler. I was so infatuated with the goaltending position when i was kid and was a huge Barrasso fan. living here in Pittsburgh and watching them all of the time i wasn’t aware until some years later of how much of a jerk he was especially with media people. But it did kind of make sense to me because he always looked like he was ready to become unhinged. He’d swing his stick at players legs, hit them with the blocker i absolutely loved it.
Barrasso is now in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Congrats to him. I miss those days very much.
Should be in the hall of fame.
Definitely agree
🎉🎉🎉
Still one of my all time favorite penguin. In my mind, Barrasso is a Hall of Famer. In fact, when deciding if a goalie should be HoF, I resort to what I call the 'Barrasso Line'. I get that the injuries hurt his chances, but his career speaks for itself.
I agree
He's in!
Great goalie.
HUGE A-hole too.
He's in!
Great player, didn't have the greatest time as a Head Coach for the Sheffield Steelers but it was a cool niche crossover between my NHL team and my EIHL team
I wouldn’t say Buffalo had to wait a few years I know how Hasek is easily for me top three of all time if not tie for best in my opinion but Darren Puppa played a good role for us and so did grant fure
Sheffield Steelers legend 🍊
Great video and player. Savagely underrated.
Luongo is the most underrated goalie ever
Currently replaying Barassos penguins Career on Franchise Manager, he seems to consistently be among the best in the league I'm really surprised pens didn't win another cup or 2.
@@matthewdaley746 That's how this run is playing out too, pens lost in 1st round to capitals instead of Isles and missed out on 3rd cup, Calgary won instead of Montreal. Though Montreal landed Selanne
He's got the hardware, and is the 3rd winningest American goalie in NHL history (Quick likely passes him this season), he should be in the Hall.
Quick will too
Barrasso never gets credit for his awesome puck handling skills
He holds the all-time record for most assists by a goalie, that's as good a credit as you can get.
@@RIUUI007 Tru dat. I just feel like it was never acknowledged while he was playing.
@@ronfroehlich4697 Yes, he was kind of buried in the press, or kept at the back.
But the real fans know 👍
The three best that I've seen were Brodeur, Hextall and Barrasso.
Maybe in that order, but Tommy was close to the other guys for sure.
I don't know about the other teams he played for, but in Pittsburgh, Barrasso was well known for his churlish disposition and personality. Definitely not a fan favorite here in the "Burg."
I'd like to see Barrasso in the Hall.
That is disgraceful that he’s not
Welp.. he's in
Tom Barrasso is also third all time in goalie PIMs with 437.
Who is first
@@charleynewman4783 Ron Hextall, of course!
@@charleynewman4783
1. Ron Hextall 569
2. Billy Smith 475
3. Tom Barrasso 437
4. Ed Belfour 380
5. John Vanbiesbrouck 310
6. Sean Burke 310
7. Mike Vernon 271
8. Don Beaupre 268
9. Patrick Roy 262
10. Dan Bouchard 255
Tom Barrasso's Wikipedia entry says that he was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009.
"He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009" per wikipedia article.
US Hockey Hall of Fame, and now he's in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Went to the Western Conference and after 6 games got tired of the rough travel schedule and retired. Thanks western conference for ruining that, he had at minimum another 12 years.
Barrasso's latter 90s individual numbers are quite similar with Grant Fuhr. Both goalies were winning lots of games during the 80s with 'way below' .900 save percentages but actually bumped up those saving stats during their latter years in the 90s. I remember Fuhr also having some quite monster save percentages with the Blues during the latter 90s.
Those are the two first names that bump up into my mind when thinking about names who could 'elevate' their stats noticeably during their latter years when the game changed.
For teams with fan bases that have never won a Cup, we PEN fans will tell you that you will always give props to the goalie that wins your team their first Cup. We know Barasso may have been a pr#*k/ at times, and we don't care. THG say it right, good not great; but there were clutch saves in that run. I think he shows how positioning, discipline and (yes, must say it) size are for GT, a lot of pucks hit him. Every NHL caliber GT has learned a complex craft. His name on the Cup. He believe in that team, confident Mario and gang would get some goals. A little fire in the belly is a good thing. Thanks Tom Barasso.
That jersey is coming back reverse retro style !!
As a Sabres fan, hated that they traded him. Especially not really getting that much. I mean Doug Bodger was a quality offensive defenseman, but the Sabres could have used a good goalie in the early 90’s with all the weapons they had.
Then we got the Dominater and the weapons slowly went away
Do one on Dino ciccarelli
You also have to factor in his daughter was very ill, but survived 🙏
The irony with Toronto was they picked him up because Joseph had broken his hand. Barrasso then broke his hand and the Leafs had to rush Cujo back for the playoffs.
Joe Mullen, Tom Barrasso, keep it Pens: Give us Tomas Sandstrom or Robert Lang 🐧
And somehow, Sandstrom will fall down at least 5 times during the video. The OG Conor Sheary.
I need a Bob Errey video
I think your content would really benefit from a couple graphics and different scenes every now and then. Love the stuff though
I remember when he was traded from Buffalo.. Barrasso already was seen as a Spoiled Brat/Jerk.. and we had Darren Puppa who looked like the real deal along with Jacques Cloutier as well. only a few seasons later Puppa would be moved to Toronto because they also had HOF'ers Grant Fuhr and Dominik Hasek... Buffalo may have moved him.. be we were fine.. Buffalo back then was really good at getting top end goalies in the draft.. Sadly, only since the trade of Ryan miller is when they have not done so well..
Although not the best goalie during his era, but I like it a lot the 90's Penguins team and he was one of the few right handed goalies (stick hand).
There were 18 right handed goalies in the NHL from 1/1/1990 to 31/12/1999, and 169 left handed.
@@RIUUI007 many thanks for the info! 🙂👍🏻
@@MegaStara happy to share it 😀
If he was Canadian he’d be in the hall already
Exactly
"Barrasso's an @$$hole" ... was such a great chant! Nothing against Tom, just obvious taunt chant if he was on the opposing team!
Joel Ward career video please
Still bitter that we traded him to Pittsburgh
RON FRANCIS WHEN
He won the Vezina but didn’t make the all-star team?
I never get why the Sabres had traded him. Was it something off the ice or a locker room problem?
I remember as a kid he got booed after a loss and he gave the crowd the double bird and was moved shortly after. I think the team blamed him and he blamed the team infront of him.
The Buffalo Sabres literally threw a small party after he was traded.
He was not loved by very many teammates in his career.
you dont do this.... ya buffalo did
Can you do a career of Shane Doan video?
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Thank you
Too bad he was such a jerk to everyone.
HOF
Barrasso is the most overrated player in the history of hockey.
That's a weird way of spelling Marc-Andre Fleury.
@@robins5798 lol. Fleury is overrated too, but not as much as Barrasshole. With Barrasso, you needed to score at least 4 every night to make up for the 3 he was guaranteed to give up. Fleury was good until you got into his head. When he was psychologically right, he was pretty good. Both benefitted by playing in front of great offenses. When Fleury was right, he was better than Barrasso on his best day.
@Atheos B. Sapien OK smart guy. Where do Fleuri and Barasso rank on an annual basis among their contemporaries. Throw out statistics and use your eyes if you were even alive when Barrasso played. Are they typically the best in the NHL? Top 3? Top 5? Top 8? Top 10? Top 15? Top 20? Start by eliminating the HOFs and answer the question.
Marc Andre fleury will be hall of famer doofus
He's hardly overrated. Lmao
He's almost forgotten about really.
If anything he is a little underrated.
I liked him as a goalie, but hated his personality. So did anyone that was around bin too.